About Yogic

The Core Inspiration from the founder of Yogic Solutions
I was initially drawn to yoga through the love of deep meditation and the necessity therefore to calm the body in order to sit comfortably for long periods of time. Yoga is the perfect medium to connect and integrate your body and mind, naturally liberating your spirit. Whilst travelling I also had a shocking lower spinal injury which was eventually healed through yoga practice and pranayama which enlightened me to the power of prana and conscious awareness as a force for healing.

My Initial Journey
During my early travels experiencing the beauty and purity of remote mountain and desert retreats, such as Harbin and Orrs Hot Springs in California, as well as luxurious state of the art spas world-wide, I initated my yoga practice at The Shivananda Yoga Centre in San Francisco.  I then lived for six months at Stillpoint Hermitage in Colorado with Taoist Master Gia Fu Feng, and later practiced Zazen with Zen Master Aitkin Roshi at the lay monastery The Diamond Sangha Zendo in Maui, Hawaii, in retreat for nearly five years. This led me to study Vipassana meditation at the extroardinary Insight Meditation Society in Massachusetts with Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, Joseph Goldstein and Anagrika Munindra.  Later I studied Ayurveda with Dr Vasant Ladd in Sante Fe, New Mexico. Further intensive yoga practice in Kundalini Yoga and Rudra Meditation with Sufi Murshid Isa Kadre in San Diego deepened my connection with yoga as a transformative path and force of pranic healing.  

My training has qualified me to teach yoga and meditation as a form of therapy in the UK and the USA and my love of Metta Bhavana, Loving Kindness Meditation gave me the tools to reach deeply inside my own wounds and find healing.  My training also includes Aromatic studies with Dr George Dodd perfumer and proffesseur of olfactory research with Purple Flame at Warwick University and Stress Consultancy with Associated Stress Consultants. I qualified in Deep Tissue Massage and Polarity Therapy from Niyama at Harbin Hot Springs in California plus many other forms of body therapy and that gave me a indepth working love and knowledge of hands-on healing. My approach to body therapy has been called 'Tactile Meditation' for its connection and restorative qualities for the whole being.

In addition I have written innumerable correspondense course for personal development and am the author of The Spa and Body Therapists Handbook plublished in May 2008.

I have applied my knowledge and skills within the professional spa sector, and have trained in holistic and classical beauty treatments with many different modalities and product brands.
I created and designed my own brand of products and treatments, Yogic Solutions and Body Prayers, with over forty ID and ten original spa therapies.

My own accredited school Evolve Healing Arts offers courses in body-mind therapy and aromatherapy since 1989 and has qualified hundred of students. I continue to teach yoga, meditation and work as a developmenal spa treatment consultant till the present day.

SPA CREATION & THE ENLIGHTENED SPA PARTNER
I have developed a unique approach to spa creation and the consultancy and training thereof by drawing on my personal journey of living in rustic remote retreats and spas worldwide as well as more luxurious offerings. My love of teaching yoga, meditation and holistic body-mind therapies is at the root of my work and I have contributed a creative bundle of recordings, literature and classes to hundreds of clients over the past 15 years.

As a spa consultant my projects include the development and launch of The Bath House at the Royal Crescent Hotel, Bath; Taj Exotica Spas product development, India, One and Only spa consultancy in the Maldives and Mexico and Space NK spa development. I continue to collaborate with leading spas, apothecaries and laboratories in developing philosophies, services and products. My colloboration with expert team members in the field of Research and Development for therapeutic products offers clients a unique signature style to their brand. I also specialise in the creation and design of new and inspiring therapeutic treatments and the training thereof embracing your vision and goals.

In appreciation and gratitude,

J acqualine Tara